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10 Questions with White Lung
Over the last decade, Canadian punk trio White Lung has become one of the most compelling bands in the punk underground, attracting a devout (and growing) following for their urgent, rhythmic songs topped with frontwoman Mish Barber-Way’s smart, confrontational lyrics, their propulsive live shows, and their DIY, nose-to-the-grindstone work ethos. White Lung’s fourth LP, Paradise,…
Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Ritual De Habitual’ Came Out This Week in 1990
The band will play its groundbreaking third album in full at Riot Fest & RodeoOn August 21st in 1990, Jane’s Addiction released its third album, Ritual De Lo Habitual. The record was its second studio release on Warner Brothers, and its final before the group’s first breakup in 1991. On September 2, 2016, Jane’s Addiction will perform it in its entirety at Riot Fest & Rodeo at Denver, Colorado’s…
Watch The New Against Me! Video For “Crash”
Against Me! made a video for a song called “Crash” off of the new album Shape Shift With Me — set for release on September 16 on Total Treble. Pre-Order the new album “Shape Shift With Me” below, and come see Against Me! at Riot Fest & Rodeo in Denver this September. Webstore: https://againstme.myshopify.com/ iTunes:…
10 Questions with The Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist
The Hives’ frontman is first up in the hot seat for Riot Fest’s new “10 Questions” seriesImage by Göran Broberg Punk / garage rock five-piece The Hives burst out of Sweden in the late-90s, recreating themselves out of an earlier collaboration at the suggestion of “mysterious” songwriter / manager / visionary by the name of Randy Fitzsimmons. By the time they began touring American soil they had reached peak matching suit…
Get Right & Listen To A New Song From Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World just released a new single, titled “Get Right”. Listen to the new track below and download it for free on the band’s website. And don’t miss Jimmy Eat World this September at Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago.
Tragically Hip Played Their Final Concert Last Night
Canadian alt-rock band The Tragically Hip played their final show last night in their hometown of Kingston, Ontario. In May, the band announced that singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer in December, 2015. Although his condition has responded favorably to treatment, it is not curable. The Kingston concert…
Happy Birthday, Joe Strummer!
On August 21, 1952, John Graham Mellor was born in Ankara, Turkey. Sometime later, he would adopt the name “Joe Strummer,” and, as the frontman / rhythm guitarist of The Clash, become one of punk’s most iconic and beloved figures of all time. Following The Clash’s split in 1986, he went on to further success…
